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LOT 1594
British Stone Age Flint Knife from Farnham
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
1 7/8 in. (6.72 grams, 48 mm).
Small piriform flake with broad butt, irregular point. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Farnham, Kent, in 1901.
From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent.
After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction.
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